Mantra 1
Sukta 4
वशा गौः। ददामीत्येव ब्रूयादनु चैनामभुत्सत । वशां ब्रह्मभ्यो याचद्भ्यस्तत् प्रजावदपत्यवत्
vaśā́ gauḥ | dadā́mī́ty evá brūyād ánu caínām ábhutsat | vaśā́ṃ brahmábhyo yā́cadbhyas tát prajā́vad ápatyavat
A vashā-cow. ‘I give,’—thus indeed should he say, and thereafter should he cause her to be led up. The vashā-cow to the Brahmans who ask: that act is rich in progeny, rich in children.
वशा गौः। ‘ददामि’ इति एव ब्रूयात्, अनन्तरं चैनाम् अभूत्सयेत् (आनयेत्)। याचद्भ्यः ब्राह्मणेभ्यः वशां दद्यात्; तत् कर्म प्रजावत्, अपत्यवत्।
Rishi: Normative Atharvanic prose tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Dāna (gift) as efficacious act; Brahmins as ritual recipients; fertility/progeny as result (phala)
Chandas: Prose (yajus-like Atharvanic injunction)
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